The Graduate and Professional Student Government hosts a wide variety of events throughout the year! 

GPSG Meetings Fall 2025

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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)

GPSG Events

There are no upcoming GPSG events at this time. 

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Events Around Campus

Story Lab Showcase Prep

Friday, October 31, 2025 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Story coaching before the November showcase. Costumes?

Environmental Engineering and Science Graduate Seminar

Friday, October 31, 2025 1:30pm to 2:20pm
Seamans Center

David Ramotowski, PhD candidate, Mattes Research Group, civil and environmental engineering, University of Iowa, will be presenting, Working Towards Keeping Toxic PCBs Out of Our Air Using Bacteria and Corn-Kernel Biochar.

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Iowa swimming and diving vs. Minnesota

Friday, October 31, 2025 1:30pm
Campus Recreation and Wellness Center
Iowa swimming and diving hosts Minnesota.

Guest Artist Masterclass: Camille Thurman, jazz

Friday, October 31, 2025 2:30pm to 4:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Guest Artist Masterclass: Camille Thurman, jazz

This event is free and open to the public. 

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Course Help: Accessibility in ICON

Friday, October 31, 2025 3:30pm to 5:00pm
University Capitol Centre

Drop by 2523 University Capitol Centre from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Fridays through Nov. 21 for in-person accessibility support. No appointment required. OTLT staff and student instructional technology assistants (SITAs) will be available to:

Introduce you to TidyUP. Use TidyUP to scan ICON course sites for unused files, check for unpublished or unused pages, and easily remove pages you no longer need.

Review your Anthology Ally course report and help you improve your score. Ally provides scores (only...

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Colloquium - Bridging Public Health with Clinical Decisions from a Data Centric Perspective

Friday, October 31, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
We welcome Jiaming Cui, PhD, from Virginia Tech who will speak on "Bridging Public Health with Clinical Decisions from a Data Centric Perspective."
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Trick-or-Treat in BLB

Friday, October 31, 2025 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Boyd Law Building

Join us for trick-or-treat in the BLB!

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Psychological and Brain Sciences Colloquium: Ulrich Mayr

Friday, October 31, 2025 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is excited to welcome Dr. Ulrich Mayr for this colloquium event. Ulrich is a Lewis Professor and Department Head of the Psychology Department at the University of Oregon. Dr. Mayr's primary research focus is on the relationship between memory, attention, and cognitive control, both from a general and a developmental/life-span perspective. His research methods include behavioral experiments, eye-tracking, and EEG or fMRI neuroimaging. As a...

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Biology Seminar: "Keep it together! Mechanisms of membrane maintenance and biogenesis"

Friday, October 31, 2025 3:30pm
Biology Building East
The Department of Biology’s seminar speaker on Friday, Oct. 31, at 3:30 p.m. is Nick Ader, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His seminar will be held in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101), Biology Building East (BBE). Katy Rothenberg is the faculty host. A reception with refreshments will be held in the BBE Lobby following the seminar.

Law & Philosophy at Iowa: Yale Philosopher Josh Knobe on "Experimental Jurisprudence"

Friday, October 31, 2025 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Old Capitol Museum

On Friday, Oct. 31, a new initiative called "Law & Philosophy at Iowa" will host its first event and launch party. We hope you'll join us!

We kick off with a talk on "Experimental Jurisprudence" by Yale philosopher Josh Knobe at 3:30pm in the Old Capitol Building. Knobe is a leading figure in using empirical methods from psychology and cognitive science to explore issues in philosophy.

Following the talk, there will be a costume-optional reception from 5:30pm-7:30pm at the house of Professors...

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Saw-whet Owl Banding

Friday, October 31, 2025 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Iowa Raptor Project

Join us after dark for this exclusive Northern Saw-whet Owl banding event! We will begin indoors at the Raptor Center for an engaging educational program to learn more about the secretive world of owls with our education birds. Next, you will be transported to our remote owl banding station where you will help collect data, band, and release owls that we may encounter. Due to the nature of this event, space is limited. Registrants must be 18 years of age or older to participate.

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Faculty Chamber Concert

Friday, October 31, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Faculty Chamber Concert

Sonata in A Minor, George Frederick Handel

Sonata for Violin and Cello, Maurice Ravel

Trout Quintet in A, D. 667 Franz Schubert

Benjamin Coelho, bassoon

Jamie Clark, cello

Doreen Lee, piano

Kenny Lee, cello

Elizabeth Oakes, viola

Volkan Orhon, double bass

Patrick Yim, violin (Guest)

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/951327

This concert is free and open to the public.

Tuba & Euphonium Studio Recital

Friday, October 31, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Tuba & Euphonium Studio Recital

Members of the University of Iowa Tuba & Euphonium Studio will be performing.

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/951329

This concert is free and open to the public.

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"Only a Mask" a new musical by Blake Cordell

Friday, October 31, 2025 7:30pm
The James Theatre
A workshop of a new musical about identity and superpowers written by a music composition graduate student as part of thesis research
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The Iowa Chase Regatta

Saturday, November 1, 2025 (all day)
Lower City Park
The Iowa Chase Regatta returns Saturday, November 1, 2025 -- a fall rowing tradition on the Iowa River in the heart of Iowa City.

Midwest Voice

Saturday, November 1, 2025 7:30am
Voxman Music Building

Midwest Voice

https://midwest-voice.org.uiowa.edu/

Join us for a celebration of all things Voice at the Midwest Voice Symposium.

Hosted by The University of Iowa, this year's event will take place on November 1st, 2025 in the beautiful beautiful and dynamic Voxman Music Building, with both in-person and online attendance options available.

2025 Keynote presentations will be from Dr. Alexis Davis Hazell, Dr. Thomas L. Carroll, Dr. Katherine Verdolini Abbott, and Dr. Jack J. Jiang.

This daylong...

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Trisha Brown's "Floor of the Forest"

Saturday, November 1, 2025 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Visual Arts Building
First performed in 1970 in downtown New York City by Trisha Brown and Carmen Beuchat, Floor of the Forest is danced upon a sculptural steel frame holding up a web of ropes that have been threaded with colorful used clothing.

Sigma Alpha Iota x Phi Mu Alpha Recital

Saturday, November 1, 2025 1:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Sigma Alpha Iota x Phi Mu Alpha Recital

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Cemetery Walk with Professor Brandon Dean

Saturday, November 1, 2025 1:45pm to 2:45pm
Oakland Cemetery
Learn how to "read" a cemetery, explore the porous boundaries between the living and the dead, meet the Black Angel, and more!
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Opening Reception | Weaving Narratives: African Textiles in Iowa

Saturday, November 1, 2025 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art
Celebrate the opening of "Weaving Narratives: African Textiles in Iowa," and the vibrant communities that inspired it.

Iowa Percussion Fall Concert

Saturday, November 1, 2025 3:00pm
Voxman Music Building

Iowa Percussion Fall Concert

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/952015

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Camille Thurman with the Darrell Green Quartet

Saturday, November 1, 2025 7:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
A confluence of a powerhouse saxophonist and a top-shelf quartet honors the past and heralds the future.
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CAB's Haunted House

Saturday, November 1, 2025 7:00pm to 11:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Come check out our annual Haunted House for all the scares!
"Only a Mask" a new musical by Blake Cordell promotional image

"Only a Mask" a new musical by Blake Cordell

Saturday, November 1, 2025 7:30pm
The James Theatre
A workshop of a new musical about identity and superpowers written by a music composition graduate student as part of thesis research
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